Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

The global push to convert the world to electric vehicles will cause supply chain complexities that could undermine the alternative energy transition in the United States, according to a new report from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. The detailed report— Need Nickel? —Baker Institute report Need Nickel?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The challenge: when modeling a hypothetical well-to-wheel scenario of aggressive battery electric vehicle (BEV) adoption, powered by hypothetical full switch to fossil-free power sources in parallel, there is still a GHG emission overshoot, unless upstream scope 3 (supply chain emissions) are simultaneously tackled.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

An analysis of near-term spending plans on renewables by the biggest oil and gas companies shows that real investments in renewable energy will continue to pale in comparison to capex plans for greenfield fossil fuel projects. Good case in point: Italian multinational oil and gas giant Eni S.p.A. 2 Total SA. 3 ENI SpA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. Operators can now link their plants to the German electricity market via E.ON’s virtual power plant. With this we have achieved a further important goal.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq. or 5,769 MMT CO 2 Eq.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2019

With Highview Power’s liquid air energy storage solution, excess or off-peak electricity is used to clean and compress air which is then stored in liquid form in insulated tanks at temperatures approaching -320 ?F billion by 2024, driven mostly by utility-scale projects, according to analyst firm Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

As part of the EU-funded H2FUTURE project, partners voestalpine, VERBUND, Siemens, Austrian Power Grid, K1-MET and TNO are researching into the industrial production of green hydrogen as a means of replacing fossil fuels in steel production over the long term. In the business year 2018/19, the Group generated revenue of €13.6

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The major driver for the project is the need to decarbonize the electrical grid, protect it from cybersecurity attacks and make it more resilient. We will be replicating the entire California power grid on one campus. The goal is to make the testbed available to outside research teams and industry by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2011

Ballard Power Systems will deploy a one-megawatt fuel cell generator that will provide peak electrical power and heat at the Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. The CLEARgen fuel cell system will utilize hydrogen produced by steam-reformation of renewable bio-gas generated at a landfill.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The collaboration aims to power EVs in California with clean energy, and generate cleaner air in the state by leveraging the latest biodigester technology to create renewable energy by capturing methane from manure to feed back into the power grid. Ross Buckenham, CEO of CalBio.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

Photo: Zum An Oakland, California, school district is the first in the US to transition to a 100% electric school bus system with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology. Modern student transportation platform Zum has provided Oakland Unified School District with a fleet of 74 electric school buses and bidirectional chargers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

Ballard Power Systems and Anglo American Platinum Limited, the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals, are working in partnership on a number of early-stage stationary and motive power applications of fuel cells in the South African market. COP17 was a high-level summit on climate change.

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Setec Powerr

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

With growing concerns about environmental friendliness and escalating natural gas prices, more and more consumers are looking for alternatives. The popularity of electric vehicles is currently growing rapidly, and the lack of electric infrastructure is far from adequate to meet the demand.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change , approximately 15 percent of net anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions come from the transportation sector. To meet global climate targets, we must devise ways to get people and goods from point A to point B without burning fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Audi A3 TCNG for e-gas project. Starting in 2013, Audi will begin series production of TCNG models whose engines—derived from TFSI units—will be powered by e-gas: synthetic methane produced via the methanation of hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable electricity. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2012

Germanischer Lloyd’s concept hydrogen-fuel cell container feeder vessel is fueled by liquid hydrogen. One possible pathway being explored by the shipping industry is the use of hydrogen fuel cells. HybridSHIP is concerned with introducing batteries for on-board energy storage, integrated with fuel cells and gas engines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2015

The Audi e-gas plant in the city of Werlte in Lower Saxony ( earlier post ) produces CO 2 neutral-fuel (synthetic methane from water, renewable electricity and CO 2 ); it now also contributes toward stabilizing the public power grid.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2019

Ethanol produced from sugarcane is one of the most carbon-efficient biofuels available globally, with lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions around 70% lower than conventional hydrocarbon transport fuels. BP and Bunge’s assets are largely complementary, with sites in five Brazilian states including three in the key region of São Paulo.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

For electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles the carbon intensity of the power grid is also a key factor in terms of the vehicle’s full life cycle emissions. In this sector using lower carbon fuels and energy sources will deliver the greatest carbon reductions in the near term. Source: Ricardo, LowCVP.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

The European partner consortium of Shell, ITM Power, SINTEF, thinkstep and Element Energy has now secured €10 million (US$12.2 million) in funding from the European Fuel Cell Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH) for this project, which is labeled REFHYNE. Detailed technical planning and the approval process will now begin.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

For several months now, 20 teams of Australian high-school students have been designing fuel-cell cars to compete in the country’s inaugural Hydrogen Grand Prix. The task: make the most of a 30-watt fuel cell and 14 grams of hydrogen gas. The task: make the most of a 30-watt fuel cell and 14 grams of hydrogen gas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2018

The European H2FUTURE project consortium, comprising voestalpine, Siemens, VERBUND, and Austrian Power Grid, together with the research partners K1-MET and ECN, officially gave the green light to the construction of a 6 MW “green” hydrogen pilot production plant—the world’s largest—at a voestalpine Linz steel plant.

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

One of the common arguments you hear from people in America who are not fans of the idea of electric vehicles is that they are mostly charged from electricity produced from coal power plants. At a high level, 15 states with 25% or more of electricity form renewable sources accounted for 53.5% And so “EVs are bad.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2017

Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) announced that new research on power-to-gas technology shows the technique holds the ability to significantly increase the use of intermittent renewable energy. to 35% by implementing a power-to-gas strategy. to 35% by implementing a power-to-gas strategy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

has completed the technical feasibility study for a natural gas to liquids project in Natchez, Mississippi. The site is served by American Midstream’s Midla pipeline system that intersects three interstate gas pipelines. EmberClear an source gas from Texas and Louisiana, as well as parts of Oklahoma. EmberClear Corp.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely Group and CRI intend to collaborate on the deployment of renewable methanol fuel production technology in China and explore the development and deployment of 100% methanol-fueled vehicles in China, Iceland and other countries. —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Tesla nickel supplier BHP announced that construction on one of the world’s largest off-grid mining solar and battery energy storage systems has started. BHP, a world-leading resources company in Australia, is working with TransAlta to shift its mines from fossil fuels to renewable energy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The advancement is aimed at accelerating the production of electric vehicles and energy storage solutions for the power grid. Moving forward to an electrified world with millions of electric cars, cobalt is not sustainable. He founded methanol fuel cell company Oorja Protonics, Inc., SPARKZ, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2013

The solution combines weather prediction and big data analytics to forecast accurately the availability of wind power and solar energy. This will enable utilities to integrate more renewable energy into the power grid, the company says. This project contributes to China’s 5-year plan to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2014

By focusing on these aspects of the hydrogen fueling infrastructure, the effort hopes to accelerate and support the widespread deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. H 2 FIRST also will collect and distribute data supporting industry’s efforts to reduce the costs of integrated fueling systems and networks.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

The hydrogen is currently produced as a byproduct of the refining process or through natural gas reforming; electrolysis instead uses electricity to split water into the base components of hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen is a promising technology, even beyond direct use as a cleaner fuel for transport.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. power-grid transmission.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2014

This is far from certain, they acknowledge in a new NextSTEPS whitepaper, as hydrogen faces a range of challenges, from economic to societal, before it can be implemented as a large-scale transportation fuel. Hydrogen fueling infrastructure has been a major challenge. Driving factors. —“The Hydrogen Transition”.

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Setec Powerr

MAY 19, 2023

Unraveling the Complexities of EV Charging Pricing Policies As electric vehicles (EVs) become increasingly prevalent, the need for a comprehensive understanding of EV charging pricing policies is more important than ever. As the power grid expands to meet the demands of the EV industry, the pricing model will have to evolve in tandem.

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The accelerating shift towards sustainable lifestyles has fueled the adoption of electric vehicles as a primary mode of daily transportation. In 2023, Kelley Blue Book reported an unprecedented purchase of 1,189,051 electric vehicles in the United States alone, while global EV sales are projected to range between 9.6

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

million to four industry and academic teams for additional research into ideas to reduce aircraft fuel consumption, emissions and noise in aircraft that could enter service between 2030 and 2035. Hybrid electric propulsion also has the potential to shorten takeoff distance and reduce noise. NASA is awarding $16.5

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